May 7, 2014 / Front Page

A couple of mom-and-pop shops that sell snacks, tacos, burgers, canned goods and other groceries are the only sources for shopping for the Lasara population of a little more than 1,000 souls. But that has been changing a bit since a small resta More...

The Raymondville school district has hired Juan Francisco “Frank” Cantu as its new athletic director/football coach at an annual salary of $73,500. The board of trustees met for about 45 minutes in executive session Tuesday to discu More...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Two Alaska State Troopers have been shot and killed during an investigation in a remote village, including at least one who had appeared in a television show about Alaska officers on the job. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Pe More...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) A South Texas man with eight driving while intoxicated convictions has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for his latest DWI case. Jurors in Corpus Christi sentenced 58-year-old Richard Vollick over a December traff More...

My husband and I have been married for twenty-something years. I thought I knew the exact number by heart; however, during a recent conversation, he corrected my math. I'd been adding an extra 365 days to the duration of our wedded bliss. More...

The old city hall turnedpolice station has been demolished to pave the way for a new facility. City officials and onlookers watched as an excavator worked its way around, turning the police station into a pile of debris. More...

A 57-year-old woman was found dead last week inside a Port Mansfield house where she was living and authorities are waiting for the results of an autopsy. Cindy Sue Franke was found dead inside the house at 311 Beach St. More...

One of the original Ten Commandments tells us to honor our Mother and Father. It goes on to say why. "So our days shall be long on this earth." Mothers deserve all the honor we can give them, for they put up with us. More...

It was good to read that the City is ready to start on some street projects and repairs and that progress is on the rise in Raymondville. I am going to shift gears and give my opinion on the "race" issue in California. More...

WESLACO - Lower Rio Grande Valley vegetable growers are invited to the Onion and Watermelon Irrigation Field Day to be held from 9 a.m.- noon May 8 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. More...

RAYMONDVILLE- Petra N. Moreno, 89, passed away at Valley Baptist Medical Center surrounded by her family on May 5, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Juan S. Moreno Sr., and her loving daughter, Nativida Jaquez. More...

DONNA, TX- Lucille (Lucy) Mutz, 96, entered into her eternal resting place early Monday, May 5, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 9, 1917 in La Fourche Parrish, LA. More...

04/25/14 Clerk of Willacy County On 01/31/14 four (4) horses were found to be ESTRAY on the right of way of FM 2629 just West of FM 2845, and were secured on the property of Roberto Garza 10798 FM 2629 Sebastian,TX. More...